Algorithms

3 July 2018The Monopolies Commission proposes to systematically investigate markets with algorithm-based pricing for adverse effects on competition. For this purpose, sector inquiries should be used more often, which allow identifying undesirable developments in competition. read more

Audiovisual media

3 July 2018The Monopolies Commission proposes to further harmonise the regulatory framework for audiovisual media services and to restrict the online services of public service broadcasters to socially and culturally relevant content. read more

Supply of medicines

3 July 2018The Monopolies Commission proposes to reform the reimbursement system in the supply of medicines and renounce a ban on mail-order sales of prescription medicines. read more

Concentration among companies

3 July 2018The Monopolies Commission establishes in its concentration reporting that the increase in concentration among companies and in price mark-ups observed in the USA does not exist in Germany, or at least not to the same extent. read more

Decision-making practice in competition law

3 July 2018In its Biennial Report, the Monopolies Commission analyses the decision-making practice in competition law in the years 2016 and 2017 and makes various recommendations in this regard, inter alia, on competition issues in digital markets as well as on the central marketing of the UEFA Champions League. read more

Fixed book prices

29 May 2018The Monopolies Commission presents its Special Report on statutory rules on fixed book prices. read more

Postal Services

4 December 2017The Monopolies Commission presents its Special Report on the state of competition on the postal markets. read more

Telecommunications

4 December 2017The Monopolies Commission presents its Special Report on the state of competition on the telecommunications markets. read more

Energy

6 October 2017The Monopolies Commission has submitted its Special Report on the development of competition in the markets of grid-bound electricity and gas supply. read more

Railways

3 August 2017The Monopolies Commission shows in its 76th Special Report how competition on the markets for railway transport can be improved. read more

Health insurance

7 March 2017The Monopolies Commission calls for strengthening competition to improve health care for the insured and to reduce costs.read more

Competition policy: The challenge of digital markets

Special Report by the Monopolies Commission pursuant to Section 44(1)(4) ARC, 1 June 2015

The Monopolies Commission has submitted a discretionary Special Report on competition on the digital markets to the German Federal Government and Legislature. The Report is entitled: "Competition Policy: The Challenge of Digital Markets". It contains an in-depth analysis of the market structure in selected digital markets from a competition-economic as well as a competition law perspective. In this Report, the Monopolies Commission follows up on its XXth Biennial Report from 2014, in which it has addressed questions of competition, data and consumer protection in the digital economy.

XXth Main Report: A competitive order for the financial markets

Main Report of the Monopolies Commission under § 44(1) ARC, 9 July 2014

The Monopolies Commission has submitted its XXth Main Report (Biennial Report) to the Federal Minister of the Economy and Energy. The Report is entitled: "A competitive order for the financial markets".